SCHARF v. FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY


261 A.D.2d 257 (1999)

690 N.Y.S.2d 265

LEON SCHARF et al., Appellants, v. FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided May 20, 1999.


The IAS Court properly determined that the letters submitted by plaintiffs did not adequately notify defendant of the underlying claim. In addition, we reject plaintiffs' alternative contention that their notice of claim, given over one year after the underlying action was instituted, and after judgment subsequent to a trial had been entered against plaintiffs requiring them to restore the building, was reasonable under the circumstances. Plaintiffs knew that the claim against...

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